Deals/M&A

PwC Legal advises DPV Deutscher Pressevertrieb on the acquisition of a majority stake in bitmanager-media GmbH

Frankfurt am Main, June 17, 2014

PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (PwC Legal) has advised DPV Deutscher Pressevertrieb GmbH, a subsidiary of publishing company Gruner + Jahr AG & CO. KG, on the acquisition of a 50.1 percent share in bitmanager-media GmbH. bitmanager-media provides IT services focusing on customer relationship management systems (CRM) and has been collaborating with DPV for several years on developing a joint CRM platform.

Advisor of DPV Deutscher Pressevertrieb GmbH:

PwC Legal, Hamburg, Düsseldorf:

Dr. Sven Riemenschneider, Ivo Dreckmann (both lead management), Dirk Kohlenberg (all corporate/M&A), Barbara Felsch (IP/IT)

Advisor of bitmanager-media GmbH:

Schulz Noack Bärwinkel, Hamburg:

Dr. Mark-Alexander Huth (corporate/M&A), Corinna Rindfleisch (IT/IP)

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